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25.01.2022 Fists of Fury II promises to deliver maximum impact

25.01.2022 Stay tuned for the rematch in Getaldton

25.01.2022 A few pic of training in progress for FoF2

24.01.2022 Coach giving out all the good advice during sparring, hey Craig Koltasz

23.01.2022 It started out as a bit of fun, two unbeaten heavyweight champions in the ultimate fantasy fight at a time when the heavyweight division’s best boxer was in exi...le, and the top contenders were biffing and bashing each other in virtual obscurity. A smart, sharp advertising ducker and diver called Murray Woroner decided to find a super computer and put in all the data for the best 16 heavyweights in history. This was a glorious mash-up of Fifties science fiction with enough Sixties farce to make it a psychedelic success. Woroner used height, record, weight, reach, hand, calf and a dozen other ridiculous measures of a fighter’s raw facts; it was an understandable comedy and Muhammad Ali was beaten by a man called Jim Jeffries and a Hollywood party boy called Max Baer beat Jack Johnson. The winner was Rocky Marciano no shock there - retired since 1955, still adored and idolised by the American public. Ali’s lawyers were going to sue and there was a burst of publicity. Heck, they had taken the man’s title, taken away his living, taken away his greatness and then Big Jim, an old-school racist, had whupped him and Rocky, who had cast a shadow of doubt over Ali’s career, had once again stolen the limelight and walked away with all the glory. It was too much, it was a sporting criminal act. The solution was simple: fight! Marciano and Ali had a press conference in the early part of the summer of 1969 to launch their fight. It was civil and Marciano pulled Ali’s wife, Belinda, over at the end and advised her in private to tell him to give up his quest to be the heavyweight champion again. Tell him to stop torturing himself, he said. She replied: He won it in the ring, and he’ll lose it in the ring. It was an odd tender moment, a heartfelt message from the retired icon. Ali and Marciano liked each other. I saw Clay fight and he is probably the fasted heavyweight of all time, said Marciano, still favouring the Clay name over Ali. I will fight him the same way I fight everybody else. I will get low, get him in a corner and stay in close. No man in the history of boxing or now can corner me, replied Ali. That is a big gamble. It’s science fiction talk. They shook hands and the fight was on. Nobody cared about Joe Frazier defending Ali’s old heavyweight title in Houston against a man called Dave Zyglewicz. That fight ended in one round, just 96 seconds Zyglewicz had started to box after answering an advert in a paper seeking young boxers. It was an odd boxing landscape back then. Marciano went back to the gym, locked the door, lost fifty pounds and had a super toupee made. He was 45 and had not been in the ring since 1955. Ali also went back to the gym, got in shape and perhaps dyed his hair for the first time. He was 27, had not fought for over two years and he suddenly looked a lot older. The kid was gone, lost in the government-imposed exile. The fighting martyr was paying a price, make no mistake. Woroner designed a fight, found a studio and for three days they went behind closed doors and fought. It was not a computer fight, it was a fight. They fought 75 one-minute rounds, shirts off, new shorts on, gum shields in, boots on. Marciano was Ali’s shortest opponent and Ali was Marciano’s tallest opponent. They were both undefeated at that point: Rocky was 49-0 and Ali was 29-0. The red sauce was everywhere, fake blood all over the place. The cameras rolled, the carnival was in town. It was a glorious spectacle. There are parts of the fight that are impressive, the movement from both with Marciano cutting the ring down and Ali slipping and landing jabs. There is action, one up from a dance and one down from a hard spar the toupee never moved and Ali clipped the offending hairpiece several times. It is a lot better than it should have been Marciano is really trying, gritting his teeth and Ali is having to work hard at times; they pull their punches, but there are moments when they are in good positions. It is not the comedy fight that many expected and it resembles a high-quality technical spar. The ketchup helps keep it funny, forget their smiles. Woroner filmed so many different endings; both win by stoppage or cuts and on points. The fighters and their entourages had no idea how it would end, no idea what the director’s final cut would be. It was a deep mystery. They finished the fight sequences and Woroner then talked about ingesting the fight into a super-super computer to get the result. But then Marciano died in a plane crash in the summer of 1969. He would never know the result. His family spoke in confidence to Woroner, mindful of Rocky’s reputation. Thankfully, there was not a rush to screen the film during the Marciano mourning moment and it was not released until 1970. And this is where it gets a little crazy. In the American version, screened in January of 1970, Marciano knocks out Ali in round 13. They filmed several knockout rounds. However, there was a problem with that ending in Britain and when 11 million people sat down to watch the fight on the BBC there was a different ending. Ali wins on cuts, the sauce was not wasted, the hairpiece was not ruffled well, we never saw it being swept clean off Rocky’s head and that is a blessing. There is an odd footnote and it is claimed that the fight inspired a young actor and screenwriter called Sylvester Stallone hey, that’s what he said! Stallone watched it, loved the juxtaposition of styles, ages and it set in motion an idea. The Chuck Wepner and Ali fight, which is generally credited with being Stallone’s source for his movie, came after. Damn, he might just be right: The real Rocky does move and look at times like Wepner, the cinema Rocky. The 1969 computer fight is still better than all of the virtual garbage, the fantasy fights - currently replacing the real fights - that are circulating. The Ali and Marciano fight should be a comedy, but in all its grainy beauty there is a strange dignity and that might just be the oddest thing about it.

20.01.2022 - The Commission has launched an online education unit for combat sport registrants of Western Australia. The uni...t provides Contestants and Industry Participants with essential information for Commission registration and participating in combat sports. From 1 January 2020, all new and renewing registrants are required to complete the online education unit as a condition of registration. The Commission also encourages existing registrants to complete the unit as a matter of best practice, to mentor and assist new registrants, and to continue to promote health and safety among the combat sports community. Existing registrants who complete the unit will not be required to complete it again when next renewing their registration. And as always: prepare well, perform better! You can access the online education unit at: dlgsc.wa.gov.au/csc-education

15.01.2022 If you know them all rank them from 1 - 9

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13.01.2022 A big contender for the super heavyweight bout in March 27th

08.01.2022 Boxing has been shown to - Dramatically increased muscle tone Immensely improve fitness Help relieve anxiety ... Come and join our 5:30 pm boxing sessions Monday to Thursday for $15 a class, and experience the changes for yourself. www.geraldtonboxing.com

07.01.2022 I highly recommend Alan’s training day, the amount of veterans and professional you have access to is incredible.

07.01.2022 'I was a miner and I was a cowboy but mostly I was a hobo. I fought wherever I could, in school halls, outside saloons, anyplace they were putting up a purse. I... once walked thirty miles across the desert to a town called Goldfield in Nevada so I could fight for twenty dollars. I got beat a lot. I improved. But I remember the beatings I took. Once I got beat so bad they had to take me out of the ring in a wheelbarrow. Later some said I was a killer in the ring. They got that wrong. I killed nobody. But I took out other guys quick. That much is true. I got more one round knockouts than anybody, sixty knockouts in the first round. I beat a good Heavyweight in New Orleans once in fourteen seconds. I knocked out Fred Fulton, six-foot-four, 250 pounds, in nineteen seconds. How come? Not because I was a killer. Other way round. I was always afraid that I'd be the one who was killed. Get 'em quick and you live to fight another day.' - Jack Dempsey

07.01.2022 'I understand that in boxing the purpose is to do damage. But I can only speak for myself and I say honestly that I have never wanted to seriously hurt an oppon...ent. I'm not violent. It's just the nature of what I do. I know the argument about intent. But I'm a fighter and I can tell you what's in my mind. I have never set foot in a ring with the express intention of inflicting serious harm on my opponent.' - Joe Calzaghe

06.01.2022 Pro boxer and Heavyweight Champion Troy Death RowHumberston, has expressed his interest in climbing into the ring at FoF2!!! Here is what you need to know about former local lad Troy! Bio: Pro boxing 5 fights, 4 wins,... (WA heavyweight champ) Kickboxing 3 fights 3 wins (all KO) Amateur wrestling 124 matches, 106 wins Bench press 220kg Squat 300kg Deadlift 300kg 184cm 125kg Age 31 And out side the ring he is a loving father to Tabitha and Xavier,Who’s been camping and making progress for fathers right!

06.01.2022 POSTPONED: Fist of Fury 2 Fight Night. To our valued Charities, Sponsors, VIPs, Spectators, Officials and Competitors. Following recent developments over the weekend and given the ban on gatherings of 500 plus people has now been enforced we are regretfully advising this years Fist of Fury 2 on the 28th of March will be postponed to later in the year most likely in September. This event is a charity event and therefore the priority is the well-being of Spectators, Officials a...nd Competitor. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience and understanding. Tickets will remain valid so please keep hold of them. We will be using the 6 months to continue to develop the fighters and the nights entertainment ensuring the event is even bigger and better than we had planned. If you have any question’s please don’t hesitate to contact me. Stay safe! Thanks Paul AJ Barrett See more

05.01.2022 GYM RE-OPENING!! Hey SUPERSTARS Do we have Exceptional, Exciting news for you!! We are please to announce we have secured a new location for our gym & ...plan to have ALL systems up & running next month!! Full details coming SOON, Watch this space!! YEEEEEWWWW!! #fitness #motivation #cobrafamily #support #nutrition

03.01.2022 The WA CSC is seeking response from our industry for their Proposed Amendments to the Contest Permit Conditions. This includes the Commission’s weight-cutting s...trategy, secondary weigh-in. I think there's a few things us WA Promoters,Trainers, Fighters & Officials NEED to discuss regarding these proposals. I've asked the Commission to PLEASE extend the response time. Coz we're all in the midst of trying to get our gyms, businesses & lives sorted out due to the COVID 19 restrictions that closed our gyms. It's gonna take us all a little time to get our feet back on the ground. I reckon it would be a good idea if we put our heads together as an industry (Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, MMA) to discuss these proposals as an industry before responding. There's a few intelligent people among us with insight. We'd have a stronger opinion & voice collectively, rather than as individuals. Sorry I couldn't tag everyone. I reached the limit. Please fwd to others not tagged. Let me know with a like or comment & we can form a group chat to discuss. See more

02.01.2022 June 2020 is quickly passing us by If you're an Instructor, Personal Trainer or Gym Owner, contact us ASAP for your End of FIN Year requirements With access ...to 1000's of top quality products from across Australia and overseas, contact us to see how we can help you this EOFY #forgingstrongersafercommunities #investinyourfuture #geraldtonmartialartssupplies #gmas #gmasaustralia

02.01.2022 Back in training even on his birthday!

01.01.2022 Grab your gloves and get ready because today on CGG TV we're learning the fundamentals of boxing with Geraldton Boxing Center with Paul Barrett and our very own Shane Van Styn - Mayor